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4.4.3 Audio Templates

   All Audio templates have functions to record, play, and edit sounds.  It 
   enables you to insert sound bits (or sound data such as .WAV files) in an 
   OpenDoc document.  The Audio Part is not allowed to be embedded in the 
   other parts, except the Container Part. 

   We will show you a sample of an Audio part which is embedded in a 
   Container Part (see Figure 141).  To create this sample, you must do the 
   following steps: 

   1.  Drag and drop the Container Part template from the OpenDoc Templates 
       folder to the Desktop or a folder to create a new OpenDoc document. 

   2.  Drag and drop an Audio template from the Multimedia Templates folder 
       on to the Container Part. 

   3.  Drag and drop a sound file (WAV file) on the Audio Part object. 


   Figure 141 shows an embedded Audio Part in the Container Part being 
   activated.  Since the Audio Part is activated, the Selected menu is 
   available for the Audio Part. 

   As you see in the Open as menu in Figure 141, there are four kinds of part 
   handlers available for the Audio Part, as follows: 

   °   Audio editor 

   °   Player 

   °   Play/Stop 

   °   Quick recorder 


   Each of these part handlers is a separate part handler.  If you select the 
   Play/Stop handler as shown in Figure 141, it will play the sound file. 


 


                                              



 
   Figure 141. Audio Part 

   If you select Audio editor, it will give you an audio editor as shown in 
   Figure 142. 

   The Audio editor has the function to record a voice or sound to create a 
   new sound file or edit an existing sound file. 


 


                                              



 
   Figure 142. Audio Editor 

   This editor makes it easy to edit a sound file.  The wavy line represents 
   a sound with high and low pitch vertically and the horizontal axis 
   represents time passing. 

   As shown in Figure 143, an audio player is displayed by selecting Player 
   from the Open as menu. 


 


                                              



 
   Figure 143. Audio Player 

   The audio player provides a user interface for starting, stopping, 
   pausing, and rewinding a sound file. 

   As shown in Figure 144, Quick recorder is displayed by selecting Quick 
   recorder from the Open as menu. 


 


                                              



 
   Figure 144. Quick Recorder 

   The Quick recorder allows you to record voice or sound through a 
   microphone that is connected to your sound card. 

   Since audio files cannot be displayed, they will be represented as icons 
   on the document, but can also be displayed as buttons (as shown in 
   Figure 145). 


 


                                              



 
   Figure 145. Show as Button for Audio Part 

   To show the Audio Part as a button, you should use the following steps: 

   1.  Select the Audio Part to be activated. 

   2.  Select Show as in the View menu. 

   3.  Select Button in the Show as submenu. 


   The icon will change into a raised button.  You can select the button to 
   automatically play the file within a part using a single mouse click. 
   Correspondingly, you can stop file playback with a single mouse click. 

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